May 12, 1917 



HORTICULTURE 



627 



PEONIES 



Rather early to forecast the Peony situation for Memorial 

 Day, but every indication now, that we will have a good 

 supply of splendid quality, all colors, and the better 

 varieties. 



$8 and $10 per 100 



New Crop Local Ferns ready about May 20th, $2.50 

 per 1 000. In 5000 lots, $2.00 per 1 000 



IMIMOOK-IVI 



MAIM OO. 



TI-IP' Wholesale 

 ' ri*-« Floristo of 



NIEW TOKK 

 117 W. 28th St. 



PHILADELPHIA 



1608-20 Ludlow St. 



PHILADELPHIA 



BALTIMORE 



Franklin & St. Paul Sts. 



WASHINGTON 



1216 H. Street N. W. 



Flower Market Reports 



This market Is quite bare 

 BOSTON of flowers and wliile 

 tliere is not much ad- 

 vance in price quotations except on 

 carnations and lily of the valley there 

 are no bargain sales or "lump sums" 

 and everything brings standard figures 

 if of proper quality. Lilacs from the 

 south and splendid candytuft and 

 stocks in moderate quantities have 

 been added to the general stock. With 

 the exception of daffodils and pansles 

 there is nothing that suggests a sur- 

 plus, the dark weather of the past week 

 having cut down the supply. Carna- 

 tions are the only item yet affected by 

 the approach of Mothers' Day but it 

 is expected that other things will feel 

 the impetus toward the end of the 

 week. Last Sunday the thermometer 

 in Boston was only four degrees shy 

 of the freezing point for a minimum 

 reading and barely reached 40 for a 

 maximum. Unseasonably cold and 

 dark has been the weather for May 

 thus far and the question of flowers 

 for Memorial Day begins to loom up 

 as an uncanny spectre. It will reauire 

 some pretty hot days to bring outdoor 

 material along to its normal condition 

 for May 30, but it is too early yet to 

 venture on estimates. 



Cold winds and cloudy 

 CHICAGO skies are holding back 

 stock which could be 

 used to good advantage this week. 

 The market is using up all the flowers 

 which come in each day, but neverthe- 

 less the stir and hurry is wholly lack- 

 ing and one has the feeling of a dull 

 season even though this is not the 

 case. Orders for Mothers' Day are 

 coming in rapidly and some of the 

 largest houses have reached their 

 booking capacity and are turning down 

 orders now. May 8th. Carnation prices 

 will be high and it is expected that In- 

 stead of the price breaking before 

 Memorial Day, it is more likely to ad- 

 vance. It Is gratifying to note that 

 orders for the coming holiday include 

 many roses. Instead of the over-supply 

 of a short time ago, stock is on the 

 short side and roses too will be quite 



WHOLESALE FLOWER MARKETS - ^'^"'"^^f^^p^g^LERs only 



^ - CINaNNATri~CHICAGO I BUFFALO | PITTSB URG 



May 7 | May 7 | Apr il 30 | Ap"l 3° 



Roses 



Am. Beauty, Special 



** '* Fancy and Extra 



•* '* No. I and culls 



Russell, Euler, Mock 



Hadley 



Arenberg, Hoosier Beauty 



Ward 



Killamey , Radiance, Taft 



( fphelia, Sunburst, Hillingdon 



Key ' 



Camations 



Cattleyas 



Dendrobium formosum 



Lities. Longiflorum 



Lilies, Specioftum 



Callas 



Lily of the Valley 



SnapdragOD 



Daffodils 



Narcissi. Paper White 



Roman Hyacinths 



Freesia 



Tulips 



Calendulas 



Sweet Peas 



VioIeU 



Marguerites 



Gardenias 



Adiantum 



Smilax 



AsparasusPlu.&Spren. (100 Bhs.) 



30.00 to 

 20.00 



8.00 



6.0G 



6.00 



5.00 



4.00 



4.00 



6.00 

 to 



6,00 to 



to 



to 



10.00 to 



to 

 to 



8.00 to 



6 00 

 a. 00 



2.00 



a. 00 



50 



25,00 to 



likely to advance still more near the 

 week end. Peonies are the latest ar- 

 rivals but in limited quantities, and the 

 buyers do not seem anxious to buy. 

 Sweet peas are very good. Snap- 

 dragons of splendid quality and iris in 

 three colors are all to be had in any 

 quantity, while the supply of smaller 

 miscellaneous flowers is good also. It 

 looks now as if much business would 

 be done for Memorial Day and that 

 prices would hold up until the last. 



Advance orders for 

 CINCINNATI Mothers' Day are ex- 

 ceptionally heavy and 

 judging from their source it seems 

 that there is a shortage of flowers 



throughout this section of the country. 

 Wholesale prices have mounted to a 

 plane unheard of heretofore for this 

 time of the year, even tor a special 

 day. Stock is not very plentiful, hav- 

 ing suffered somewhat of a setback be- 

 cause of the cloudy weather of the 

 past week. The supply of roses is 

 short of actual needs and more carna- 

 tions could be used. Lilies continue 

 plentiful and serve to help out the 

 shortage in other lines. A good cut of 

 sweet peas is coming in and snap- 

 dragons are fairly plentiful. Large 

 quantities of outdoor lily of the valley 

 and lilac have been coming into the 



{Continued on page bsQ) 



For the Retailer or for the Grower 



KENNICOTT BROS. CO. 



Wholesale Cui Flowers 



IN CHICAGO 



H. B. KENNICOTT. President. 



J B, POllWORTH, Seo'y «nJ Gbd'I H«r 



